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P A I D
I N S E R T
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Environmental Heroes Come to Eugene
T
he world’s leading grassroots
advocates are traveling to
Eugene to work with the
Environmental Law Alliance
Worldwide (ELAW) to chart
a greener future. They will
collaborate across borders to
help communities around the
globe speak out for clean air, clean water, and
a healthy planet.
ELAW is hosting visitors from more than
40 countries for the 2019 ELAW Annual
International Meeting and side events
(February 24 – 28) followed by the Public
Interest Environmental Law Conference
(February 28 - March 3, www.pielc.org).
Learn more about these inspired
overseas partners and the ELAW team in
the following profiles.
www.elaw.org
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
Emily Long
Solicitor,
Environmental
Defenders Offices
(EDO) NSW
Bruno Martins
Morais
Legal Advisor,
Morais & Azanha
Calvin Sandborn
Legal Director,
Environmental Law
Centre, University
of Victoria
CAMEROON
CHILE
Sama
Nchunu
Justice
Environmental
Lawyer,
Foundation for
Environment and
Development (FEDEV)
AUSTRIA
Gregor
Schamschula
Environmental
Lawyer, Alliance
of the Austrian
Environmental
Movement
(ÖKOBÜRO)
BANGLADESH
Rizwana Hasan
Executive Director,
Bangladesh
Environmental
Lawyers
Association (BELA)
BELIZE
Zahira
Flores
Attorney-at-Law
and Founding
Partner, Flores &
Co.
Bernard Ngalim
International
Human Rights
Program,
Northeastern
University
CANADA
Andrew Gage
Staff Lawyer,
West Coast
Environmental Law
(WCEL)
Anna Johnston
Staff Lawyer,
West Coast
Environmental Law
(WCEL)
Victoria Belemmi
Lawyer, Fiscalía
del Medio
Ambiente (FIMA)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
Roger Mavungu
Kama
Executive
Secretary,
Dynamique
pour le Droit, la
Démocratie et le Développement
Durable (D5/ASBL)
COLOMBIA
Rosa María
Mateus Parra
Lawyer, Colectivo
de Abogados José
Alvear Restrepo
(CCAJAR)
Vanessa Torres
Coordinator,
Infrastructure and
Sustainable Energy
Ambiente y
Sociedad
CONGO-
BRAZZAVILLE
Emmanuel
Ndinga
Lawyer at Pointe-
Noire Bar, Institut
Cerveau Vert 2063
H E L P I N G C O M M U N I T I E S S P E A K O U T F O R C L E A N A I R , C L E A N W A T E R , A N D A H E A LT H Y P L A N E T. W W W. E L A W. O R G
GERMANY
Peter Rottner
Lawyer & Director,
Bund Naturschutz
GUATEMALA
Mara Lorena
Bocaletti
Lawyer, Alianza de
Derecho Ambiental
y Agua (ADA2)
Jeanette de
Noack
Lawyer, Alianza de
Derecho Ambiental
y Agua (ADA2)
GUINEA
Issiaga
Keita
Attorney, Les
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